Why not scale free? Simulating company ego networks on Twitter

Yoav Achiam; Inbal Yahav; David G. Schwartz

doi:10.1109/asonam.2016.7752231

Why not scale free? Simulating company ego networks on Twitter

Yoav Achiam
, Inbal Yahav
, David G. Schwartz

School of Business Administration

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Abstract

This paper simulates Companies' ego networks on Twitter, meaning the companies' number and type of followers. Evident from our data, we show that followers' distribution, in our focus, is neither scale free nor random, thus common network simulations cannot be used to mimic observed data. We present novel rate equations model to capture the complex dynamics of these ego networks.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining, ASONAM 2016
Editors	Ravi Kumar, James Caverlee, Hanghang Tong
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	174-177
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781509028467
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/asonam.2016.7752231
State	Published - 21 Nov 2016
Event	2016 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining, ASONAM 2016 - San Francisco, United States Duration: 18 Aug 2016 → 21 Aug 2016

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Name	Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining, ASONAM 2016

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Conference	2016 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining, ASONAM 2016
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Francisco
Period	18/08/16 → 21/08/16

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Achiam, Y., Yahav, I., & Schwartz, D. G. (2016). Why not scale free? Simulating company ego networks on Twitter. In R. Kumar, J. Caverlee, & H. Tong (Eds.), Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining, ASONAM 2016 (pp. 174-177). Article 7752231 (Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining, ASONAM 2016). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/asonam.2016.7752231

Achiam, Yoav ; Yahav, Inbal ; Schwartz, David G. / Why not scale free? Simulating company ego networks on Twitter. Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining, ASONAM 2016. editor / Ravi Kumar ; James Caverlee ; Hanghang Tong. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016. pp. 174-177 (Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining, ASONAM 2016).

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Achiam, Y, Yahav, I & Schwartz, DG 2016, Why not scale free? Simulating company ego networks on Twitter. in R Kumar, J Caverlee & H Tong (eds), Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining, ASONAM 2016., 7752231, Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining, ASONAM 2016, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 174-177, 2016 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining, ASONAM 2016, San Francisco, United States, 18/08/16. https://doi.org/10.1109/asonam.2016.7752231

Why not scale free? Simulating company ego networks on Twitter. / Achiam, Yoav; Yahav, Inbal; Schwartz, David G.
Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining, ASONAM 2016. ed. / Ravi Kumar; James Caverlee; Hanghang Tong. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016. p. 174-177 7752231 (Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining, ASONAM 2016).

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Achiam Y, Yahav I, Schwartz DG. Why not scale free? Simulating company ego networks on Twitter. In Kumar R, Caverlee J, Tong H, editors, Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining, ASONAM 2016. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2016. p. 174-177. 7752231. (Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining, ASONAM 2016). doi: 10.1109/asonam.2016.7752231

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